Parenting Tips & Activities
Parenting tips and parent-child activities that promote learning and development, as well as encourage bonding and attachment.
Make Animal Face Plates: Joint Attention
This paper plate activity is inexpensive and easy to do, plus it encourages joint attention and working together on a task.
Nurturing Family Rituals & Routines
Family rituals help you think about your daily routine in a new way: as possible moments of connection.
Shaving Cream Play Activity
There are great developmental benefits to sensory play, like this shaving cream activity from our Healthy and Fair Start program.
Advocate for Your Body and Your Blood Pressure
To safely monitor blood pressure in pregnancy, moms should understand what’s normal for your body, ask the right questions, and know when and how to express concern.
Sensory Activity: DIY Playdough
Parent-child activities, like making playdough, build a child’s ability to process sensory input and are great for bonding.
Nature Walk: Bonding and Development
Through parent-child activities like the nature walk, families can promote their kids’ development and encourage bonding.
Tummy Time and Brain Development
Learn tummy time and floor time techniques for babies zero to six months that encourage bonding and proper development.
Parent-Child Activity: Learning Through Play
Children learn through play! This simple parent-child activity helps kids notice and copy patterns, and practice waiting their turn.
Parent-Child Activity: Learning and Moving
This parent-child activity encourages bonding while developing gross and fine motor skills and building language skills.
The importance of praising a child
The importance of praising a child Category: Parenting Tips July 22, 2019 When you’re in the throws of parenting, it can seem like your days are spent guiding, directing, deflecting and teaching. It’s easy to see the negative and to fall into saying no, a lot. Any Baby Can’s Family Education Program provides parents an…
The Importance of Fathers
The Importance of Fathers Category: Parenting Tips June 13, 2017 Father’s Day is a day where fathers-biological or otherwise-are recognized for all that they do. All too often, fathers are set aside as simply the breadwinner of the family, with only the mothers as the nurturers. However, parenting is a team effort, and mothers and…
Removing the Stigma of Delays
Removing the Stigma of Delays Category: Parenting Tips June 29, 2016 Every child is unique and develops at his or her own pace, in his or her own way. Even so, it can be hard to watch other kids reach milestones before your own son or daughter. Parents, it’s important to remember that there is…
Realizing the Importance of Dads
Realizing the Importance of Dads Category: Parenting Tips June 17, 2016 With Father’s Day upon us, now is the time to buy any last minute gifts, write those special cards and thank Dad for all he does. Here at Any Baby Can, we help families celebrate the joy of fatherhood daily. In hopes of offering…
Why Home Visitation Works
Why Home Visitation Works Category: Parenting Tips June 13, 2016 There are many organizations that offer assistance to children with developmental delays, special healthcare needs and cancer, so what makes Any Baby Can special? In addition to offering support groups, parenting classes and resources for first-time mothers, most of our programs work with families in their…
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